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KALIBO, Aklan – Oplan Double Barrel helped reduce crimes in the province by 15.5 percent, according to the Aklan Police Provincial Office (APPO).
The APPO presented its January–October 2016 crime incidents assessment during the launch of a community-based initiative against anomalies and drugs of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Average monthly crime rate in Aklan decreased to 158.4 during the period from 182.5 in the same period in 2015.
Crime clearance efficiency also increased to 46 percent from 36 percent, while crime solution efficiency, to 44 percent from 35 percent.
Meanwhile 1,863 suspected drug pushers and/or users have surrendered to municipal police stations from July 1 — the start of the more aggressive antidrug operations — to Nov. 22, the APPO said.
Towns with the most number of yielders were Kalibo, 424; Malay, 234; Ibajay, 194; Numancia, 149; New Washington, 140; Altavas, 127; and Nabas, 123. Other towns had less than 100, including Libacao with just nine.
Under Double Barrel is Operation Tokhang (knock and appeal), wherein the police visited 29,789 houses to urge identified drug personalities to turn themselves in or stop their activities.
Most of the visited houses were in Altavas (2,927), Nabas (2,629), Ibajay (2,399), Numancia (2,269), and Madalag (2,163). Other towns had just over a thousand or lower, including Tangalan with only 984.
Aklan had a relatively high drug affectation with 65 percent, or 214 out of the 327 barangays, as of Oct. 31, the APPO report showed.
But barangay drug clearing operations resulted in 57 cleared villages as of Nov. 3, while 113 barangays were non-affected, the APPO said. (PIA/PN)
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